vitiate
verb (used with object)
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
vitiated
Example Sentences
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The seizure supposedly vitiated his argument for ownership, which was: If the cash is not my money, whose is it?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
But Mr. Starmer’s offensive was vitiated somewhat by his own lockdown-related woes.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
“In such a vitiated atmosphere, it’s impossible for me to see Dil Bechara in isolation and gauge it on its own merits,” she wrote in the Film Companion, an online movie magazine.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 25, 2020
The prosecution's case was that the woman's consent was vitiated by Lawrance's deception.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2020
Few Swedish writers have wielded so pure and so incisive a style as Crusenstolpe, but his historical work is vitiated by political and personal bias.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
